Manual recorder or autographic register.



No. 668,|69. Patented Feb. l9, l90l.

y L. EHRLIGH. MANUAL RECORDER 0R AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

(Application filed Dec. 5, 1895.) (llo Model.)

5 Sheets-8heet (Nd Model.

LEHFJLICH. MANUAL RECORDER 0R AUTDGRAPHIB REGISTER.

\Application filed Dec, 5, 1895.

Patented Feb I9, 19 0:.

5 Sheets-$haet 2.

(No Model.)

Patented Feb. l9, I90l.

L. EHRLICH.

MANUAL RECORDER 0R AUTDGRAPHIC REGISTER.

(Application filed Dec. 5, 1895.]

5 Sheets-Sheet 31. 0

No. 668,l69. Patented Feb. l9, 190i.

' L. EHRUCH.

MANUAL RECORDER 0R AUTUGRAPHiS REGiSTEB.

(Applicatibn filed Dec, 5, 1895.

5 Sheets-Sheet 4.

(No Mqdel.)

No. ess,|s9.

Patented Feb. l9, l90l.

L. EHRLICH. MANUAL RECORDER 0R AUTDGRAPHIC REGISTER.

(Application filed Dec. 6, 1895.)

(N0 Model.)

5 Sheets-Sheet 5.

LEO EHRLIOI-I, OF STL-LOUIS, TO NATIONAL CASH REGIS MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN TER COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MEN'rs;

MA NU AL RECORDER OR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,169, dated February 19, 1901.

Application died December 5, 1895- Serial No. 571,116. lNo model-J T ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

- Be it known that I, LEO EHRLIOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Manual Recorders or Autographic Registers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,-forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of manual recorders in which several paperstrips are led over a writing-tablet and have manifolding material interposed between them above said tablet, by .means of which the memoranda entered upon the upper strip is duplicated upon the lower strips, and in which the lower strip is led from the writing-tablet to a storage-compartment within the casing of the machine-and there stored for future reference, while the upper strip or strips are led out of the machine and cut or torn off to form detached checks.

My invention relates more machines of the above class 2 5 record-stri itself in th specifically to in which the p is folded back and forthnpon e storage-compartment of the machine and stored in that form instead of being wound upon a storage-reel, andithe principal feature of my invention relates to novel means for drawing forward the paper strips across the writing-tablet and storing the record-strip in compact folds within the machine. Its novelty will be hereinafter set forth, and

specifically pointed out in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the complete machine; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof just within the left-hand or near side wall in Fig. 1 looking toward the right of the machine; Fig. 3, a middle longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 4, a view looking at the front 7 end of the machine, with the end plate of the casing removed and the semicircular hood at the top of the casing in section; Fig. 5, a view 5 corresponding to Fig. 4, with part of the folding mechanism removed; Fig. 6, a vertical section on the line 6 G of Figs. 2 and 3; and Fig. 7, a view of tbBHltQt h-and end of the machine corresponding to Fig. 3, but with the check-strips and are d pressure-frame shown in s act of folding and storing the recordstrip.

The same letters of reference are used to.

indicate identical parts in all thedrawings.

The casingA of the machine may be of the usual or any suitable form, as seen in Fig. 1, consisting in this instance of a bottom plate, side walls, end Walls, one of which, at the right-hand end .of the machine, is hinged, so that it may be swung outward and downward and give access to thejnterior of the casing, and a removable lid or top, the hinged end wall and lid being secured in position by a suitable lock.

Near its forward end the top of the casing is provided with a rectangularopening, as usual, beneath which is mounted the transverse plate or writing is supported at its opposite edges u'pon the side walls of the casing. At its left edge this plate has formed integral with it a receptacle 0, Figs. 2 and 6, for the reception of the roll of carbon strips orother manifolding material, which are led across the plate B to the right-hand edge thereof between the several strips of paper hereinafter referred ,to, as usual.

In the present instance three strips of paper are employed in the machine, on'e'of which serves as a record-strip and is stored within the machine, while th elivered from themacliine and torn off into checks. These three strips are carried in supply-rolls D, E, and F, which restupon the bottom plat ing at the righthand end of the seen in Figs. 2 and 3, the rolls being held. in line with each other and kept from lateral displacement by narrow vertical plates G G, projecting upward from the bottom plate of the casing at their opposite sides. When the supply-rolls of the paper strips in of this class are supported upon spi arranged to turn thereon, as is gen case, suitable friction or tension do to be applied to them to preserve the proper tension upon the strips as they are drawn forward to the writing-tablet. In my machine machine, as

ndles and vices have e other two serve as erally the tablet B, Fig. .3, which e of the cas machir cs the rolls rest and'are supported upon the bot tom plate of the casing, .the strip from the roll D being led beneath therolls E and F, which latter therefore rest upon it, while the strip from the roll E is led beneath the roll F, so that the latter rests bothupon it and upon the strip from the roll D. All three of the strips are led beneath a guide rod or roller H at the lower right-hand corner of the machine, thence upward or over a second guide rod or roller I at the upper right-hand corner of the machine, and thence forward to theleft over the writing-tablet. As the stripsare drawn forward the friction of the lower one against the bottom of the casing the others restupon it produces a tension upon the strips, which holds them taut between the supplyrolls and writing-tablet. So, too, the drawing forward of the strips turnsthe three rolls D, E, and F in the direction of the arrows,

from which it will be seen that the adjacent rolls bearing against each other turn .in opposite directions at their points of contact, and thus each offers a resistance to the turning of the other, which, in addition to the weight of the rolls upon the strips, produces a further tension upon the strips, The drawing forward. of the strips maintains the rolls in the right-hand end of the machine; butla suitable stop may be provided at the left of the roll D, if desired, to prevent it rolling to the left out of position in case therigh't-hand end of the machine should be tilted upward. I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed in machines of this character to mount the series of'rolls of paper stripsuponspindles and support the ends of the latter in inclined slots, permitting the rolls to bear against each'ot-ner and offer resistance tot-he withdrawal of the strips; but so faras I am aware I am the first to arrangefthe rolls in the manner which I have shown ainldeseribed,

rosting directly upon a horizontal surface with the strip from each roll led beneath the rollsin front of it, so that the rolls preserve a tension uponthe strips inthe manner 'ex-.

plained. From the writing-tablet jthe three strips pass forward between a p-air ofifeeda rollers J K,the former being'ia large roller, Whose length is nearly equal to the width. of the casing or at least as wide or wider than the paper strips, while thiroller K in the present instance a comparatively small and short one fastened upon a shaft .l, and hearing npon'the upper sideof the roller J, at

the iniddlti of the latter. The two rollers are geared together by means of agear M,

fast upon the end of the roller J and meshing with a pinion N upon the shaft L The roller J is loosely mounted. upon ;a' rotary shaft 0, suitably journaled in the opposite.

side walls of the casing of the machineand projecting at its left-hand end through thewall of the casing and haying fastened upon it an operatirig-handle "P, provided with a grasping-knob Q. The roller being loose upon the shaft (1 the handle andshaft are free to turn independently of the roller; but

presently described. handle and shaft 0 are turned backward to v :of; the casing. back and forth between the points of contact of its two arms with said stud.

they are connected together, so as to cause the shaft to carry the roller with it in one (11- motion by means of a pawl Ri'Fig. 2, pivoted to and carried by an arm S, fast upon the shaft 0 and spring-pressed against the periphery of the hub of the roller or gearM upon the end of the roller, said hub having in it a notch with which the pawl codperates to turn the roller-when the shaft and pawl are turned in a forward direction. The result of this arrangement is that when the operatiiig han lle and shaft are given a forward revolution the threepaper strips will be drawn forward by the feed-rollers, the two upper strips passing out of the casing through a trz-tnsverse slot or opening between the upper edge of the forward end wall of the casing .to .accon'imodate the upper feed-roller,

while the lower one of the three strips passes downward between the roller J and end wall of the easing into the front end of the machine, where it is stored in a manner to be When the operatingnormal position, the pawl R slips idly backward over the hub of the roller J and reen- Hgagesthe notch therein when it comes to normal position. For the purpose of limiting'this forward-andbackward movement of the opcrating-handle and shaft 0 there is hung loosely upon-the shaft, at the right of the arm 'S in Figs. 4 and 2,31. two-armed plate, Fig. 2, whose opposite arms cooperate with a fixed stud V, projecting inward from the side wall The plate U is free to swing The arm S, which fast upon the shaft 0 and carries the pawl R, has npon its side adjacent the plate 'U asfud or pin \V, Fig. 2, which projects into the vertical plane of the plate U. operating-handle and shaft 0 are turned for- YVhen the ward, the stud W will contact with the front edge of the plate U as the partsamn'oach a complete revolution and will then carry-the plate U with them until it is arrested by contact of its forward arm with the stop. V. \Vhenfthe handle and shaftare turned back ward, the pin \V. will likewise contact with the opposite edge of the plate U as the parts approach normal position and carry it forward to the position shown in Fig. 2, where itsri'ght hand arm contacts with the stop V. and arrests the parts in normal position.

The limit of movement thus given the roller J is just sullicient to draw forward the desired lengths of the paper strips at each operation of the machine. passes down wardbetween the roller J and end As the record-strip wall of the casing it is guided from lateral displacement by two curved plates X X, Figs. 2',

to 5, secured to the oppositcends of a transverse block or bar Y, which is secured to the forward side of the upper cross bar or plate of arectangular frame Z, Fig. 5, which is rigidly J, beingbolted or screwed at its lower end to to nearly its right-hand strip as it is fed 1 isdirected to in front -of inner faces of the 3 similar ribsD, formed the casing. Mounted confined between said plate of the rod at the bottom plate of the casing at a. In addithe right toward the open frame Z' by a curved plate or series'of fingers A, depending from the under side of the curved end'wall of the casing and rigidly secured to or formed integral therewith. The result of these arrangements is th directed'downward and to Figs. 2,3, and 6. These rods at their lefthand or, forward ends are rigidly secured to the four corners of the rectangular frame Z, while at their right-hand ends they are rigidly secured to vertical ribs 0, formed upon the side walls ofthe casing. Aboutmidw'ay of their length the rods also pass through enlarged openings in a pair of on the side walls of upon these four rods near their left-hand ends, so as to slide freely backward and forward, is a vertical plate or platen E, while surrounding each rod and and the support its extreme right-hand end is a m-coiled spring, thefour springs bearing against the four corners of the plate E further guide for ,formed upon'its rear lower cross-banof the frame or plate of" the f and pressing it forward to the left and tending to hold it against the rear side of the frame Z. As a the plate E its lower edge secured at their front ends to the Z and extending some distance to the right along the bottom of thecasiug. The plate E has secured or side a thumb-piece G, by which it may be grasped and pulled toward the right against the resistance of the springs for a purpose hereinafter explained.

As seen in Fig. 5, the upper transverse bar ran e Z has formed'integral with it a depending plate H' somewhat shorter thaufthe width of the rectangular opening of the frame, so that a space is left ateach end of the plate H, between it and the adjacent vertical side barof the frame. There is also secured in the lower part of the frame a transverse rod I, whose opposite ends are fastened to the vertical-side bars of the frame. It will now be seen that if with the plate E pressed up against the rear side of the frame Z and with the paper strip hanging down in front of the rectangular opening in' said frame, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, said strip be pressed thro ugh the opening against the plate E by means of aplate closely fittingthe opening in the frame and caught between the plate H and plate E atthe upper side of the the plate E and rod I at the lower side of the downward from the roller J t the paper strip is opening and between {opening the successive'lengths of the strip advanced by the feed-rollers may be thus stored away in reverse folds between the frame Z and plate E. The means for so pressing the paper through the opening in the frame and causing it to be caught and held between the plate E and the plate H and rod 1 may be next described. I

Loosely hung at their upper ends upon the shaft 0, just within the opposite side walls of the casing, Fig. 4, are two downwardly-extending curvedside arms or plates J, Figs. 2 and 3, whose lower ends are rigidly secured ,plate H at the upper side and the rod 1 at the lower side thereof. upon the inner facesofthe side walls of the casing in line with each other andbeneath the axial shaft 0 of the feed-roller J are two levers L L, whose lower ends are provided with studs M, passing through slots in links N,.who se leftand ends are pivotally connected to the respective side arms J, which carry the pressure-plate K. The upper end of the lever L at the left-hand side of the machine, Fig. 2, (right-hand side Figs. 4 and 5,) stands in the path of astud 0 side of the arm S, which is fast 0, as heretofore described, while the upper end of the lever L at the oppositeside of the machine stands in the path of a stud 0 upon a similar arm S fast upon that end of the shaft 0. When shaft 0 are given a forward revolution, the studs 0 0 will contact with the upper ends of the levers L L as the parts approach the levers and pass them, the lower ends of the levers being free to swing toward the left, the studs M playing idly'in the slots in the links N, and after thestuds O O 'have cleared the upperends of the levers the latter will swing back to normal position, withtheir uppgr ends inthe return-path of the studs 0 O the studs will again contact with, the upper Pivoted upon bosses the operating-handle and end of the revolution and will ride over said ends of the levers L and will force them forward, throwing their lower ends rearward to the right and causing them to pull the arms J and pressure-plate K in that direction and carry said plate through the opening in the frame Z, Fig. 7 As soon as such studs clear the upper ends of the levers L the spring K will return the frameI 'and the levers to the normalpositiou shown in the drawings. The movement thus imparted. to the plate K will cause'it to carry the paper strips through the opening in the frame Z and press it against the plate'E.

Arranged beneath the path of travel of the plate K, in front'oi the frame Z, is a block P, extending transversely across the machine andhaving its upper side curved in the arc of a circle approximating I by thelower edge of the plate K.

that described The lower edge of the plate in its forwardand-backward movement travels a short distance above the curved upper surface of this block l" and is provided with a rearwardly-proiecting flange K \Vith the papv stripin the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 when the plate K'is swungto the right the two sides of the depending loop of the paper strip will be pressed together and the lower edge of the loop or fold will be caught between the lower edge of the plate K and its i'lange K per surface of the block l and be bent to the left under the lowercdge of the plate as the latter approaches the rod 1,

left over the rodl', as shown in Fig; 7, the lower end or low the. plate will ,bcpressed against the rod 1' by the-lower edge-of the plate and then by the flange K, so that a sharply-defined fold 3. i 'As the will be formed,- shown in Fig. I parts reach the position shown in Fig. 7 the lower edge of the fold, bent to the left under the plate andrilange l{-',-\\'il l*"clea;r the red I and spring downwan] to theposition shown, so as to catch against and beheld b'y the-rod 1' when the plate K"is swung to-the left again,

as inFig; 3'. At'tho upper edge of the plate K the paper strip will-be simply pressed through the openingand against the plate E,-

so that in order to ,cause the upper edge of the fold to bc'canght and held between the plate E and the plate ll necessary; to provide-inmtns for tucking the fold upbchindwthe platetl l" and betweon it side arms J Lwhi-ch support and the plateEC: -'l; hc means provided for this purpose consistuof arod-Q',-lig. i-,se-

cured at its opposite. endsto the lower ends of a-pair of bellcrank arms R, pivoted to the 3,;springs S',coi,1ii0 -ted to-tlie arms .h/ and to the'arms J., yielding-ly holding the rod Q" and bell-crankarms in normal position. The

upper:rearwardlyiroyeeting arms of the bolt the .backward inovcinont'of' the pressure-.

plate K the plate it, pressed forward: b'y'the springs, catches the fold of the strip and conand the u p-' andas the lower- .edge of the plate and its flange K pass to the edge of the fold projecting b'eplaten it oi the frame Z it is th'c platc K, Fig. i

Q thrown upward behind p 7, the lower" arms of thebell-cranks passing upward along \Vhen the fines it between itself and the plate H. At each operation of the machine the portion of thereeord-strip advanced by the feed-rollers is in this manner folded into reverse folds and confined between the yielding andthe plate 11 and rod 1 of the frame Z, and as the operations of the machine continue the folds of the strip pressed against the platen it gradually force the same backward against the resistance of the springs.

;When it isidesired to remove the stored record-strip from the machine, iti's only necessary'to sever the strip by inserting a knife through the slot where the check-strips emerge fronrthe machine and drawing it across the roller .1 from end to end, the roller being provided with a longitudinal groovee to facilitate the cutting, and then pull the platen E backward by'ineans of the thumbpiece G, whereupon the stored strip pressed upon the platen will be released and maybe readily removed, the unfolded end of the strip \vhere'it was severed from the main strip being drawn outthrough the. opening in the frame Z with the folded l or the purpose of permitting aceess io the for thus removing the stored strip the loft-hand'side wall of the casing isp'rovided with an opening at V, Fig. :1, which opening may, be normally closed by any suitable slide or door secured by a lock.

Regarding the frame ingin which the paper strip is pressed, it will be understoodthat the only parts of it essential to the f elding and storing operations are the plate ll and red I, the remainder of the frame serving merely to support those parts." So,-too, it will be understood that the lower cross-bar of the frame might be wide enough platen E.

portionof the strip.

Z, through the openand extend high-enough for its upper edge to serve the purpose of the rod 1 and the latterbe dispensed with,the plate if and red I being simply fixed cross-piecestocooperat-e with the upper and lo'wcredgcs of the plate Kto fold the strip and with the platen E to retain thc' folds after lhey have been made.

l'am aware, as indicated at the beginning that it is old in mathe paper strip of this specification, chines of this class to draw forward-from the simply-rolls by means of a pair of fecd-rollers, leading it acrossa writ.-

ing-tablct betweenthe supply-rolls and feedrollers, and to fold the record-strip back and forth in reverse folds and store it in that form upon a spring-{messed platenor supportingplate within the storage-compartment of the machine, as shown and described, for instance," in the patent to licntel, No. 438,835, and thatit has been proposed to actuate the folding mechanism in such machines ,by the same handle which operates the feed-roilers; but'so far as I am aware I am the first in the art to employ in a nlachineof this character a folding mechanism resembling, either in construction or mode of operation, that which 1 have illustrated and described,'and my invention is therefore not restricted to details of scarce construction, but contemplates, broadly, the combinations and arrangements of parts and the modes of operation set forthin my respectiveclaims. i

Having thus fully described "my invention, I claim- I w.

1. In an autographic register, the combination with the casing, of the supply-rolls carrying the paper strip, resting on the bottom of the casing, the strip from each roll passing under the roll or rolls in advance of it, whereby when the strips are drawn forward the friction of the lowermost strip against the bottom of the casing will produce tension on the strip, and hold them taut; substantially as described. v I

2. In an autographic register, the combination with the casing, of the supply-rolls ca rying the paper strip resting'oni the bottom of the casing, side by side in direct contact with each other, the strips from each. roll passing under the roll or rolfls in advance of it, whereby the withdrawal oil the strip causes .the rolls to turn inopposite directions and each to offer frictional resistance to the turning of the other, keeping the strip taut, the weight of the rolls on the strip also adding to the tension on the strip; substantially as described.

3. In an autographic register, the combina tion of a pair of feed-rollers for drawing the paper strips forward across the writing-tablet, an operating handle or crank having a forward -and-backward movement, a con-' nection between said handle and one of the feed-rollers for causing the handle to turn the roller forward with it but permit the roller to remain at rest while the handle is moved backward to normal position, and a folding mechanism actuated by the operatinghandle at its backward stroke to fold the record-strip and store it in thestorage-compartment of the machine.

L. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for drawing the paper strips forward across the writing=tablet, an operating handle or crank having a forwardand-backward movement, a con-. nection between said handle and one of the feed-rollers for causing the handle to turn the roller forward with it but permit the roller to remain at rest while the handle is moved backward to normal posit-ion, a yield; ing platenorsupport in the storage-compartment of the machine, and means actuated by the handle at its backward stroke for pressing the rccordstrip in folds against said platen or support, whereby the forward movement oi the opcratirig-handle advances the paper stripsand its backward movementstores the record-strip in reverse folds in the storage-- compartment oi. the machine. l

Innn antographic register, the combination of a pair of food-rollers ior drawingihe paper strips forward across the writing-tablet, an operating-handle for turning. said rollers, two horizontal iixed cross-pieces bcneath the feed-rollers, one above the other and forming a rectangular opening between them, in front of which opening the paper record-strip hangs as it is advanced by the feed-rollers, and a pressure plate or frame actuated by the operating-handle for pressing the depending fold of the strip through said opening, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' 6. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for drawing the. paper strips forward across the writing-tablet, an operatinghandle for turning said rollers, two horizontal fixed cross-pieces beneath'the feed-rollers, one above the other, and forming a rectangular opening between them, infront of which opening the paper record-strip hangs as it is advanced by the feed-rollers, a yielding platen or support behind said opening, and a pressure plate or frame actuated by the operating-handle for pressing the depending fold of the paper strip through said opening and against the yielding platen or support, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

7. In an autographic register, the combine tion of a pairof feed-rollers fordrawing the paper strips forward across the writing-tab.- le't, an operating-handle for tn rning said roll; ers, two horizontal fixed cross-pieces beneath the feed rollers, one above the other and forming a rectangular openinghetween them, in front of which openingthe paper recordstrip hangs as itis advanced bythe feed-rollers, a vertical plate. arranged behind said opening and movable horizontally toward and from the opening, springs pressing said plate toward the opening, and. a pressure plate or frame actuated. by the operating handle forpreseing the depending fold of the paper strip through said opening and against said plate, substantially as described.

8. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair oi feed-rollers for drawing the paper strips forward across the writing-tan let, an operating-handie for turningsaid rollers, two horizontal fixed cross-pieces beneath the feed forming a rectangular opening between them, in front of which opening the paper recordstrip hangs it is advanced bythe feed-rollers, a pressure plate or frame actuated by the operating handle for pressing the dedepending fold of the paper strip through said opening, and means cooperating with the pressure plate or frame for tucking the upper edge of the Fold of the strip up behind the lined cross-piece at the upper side of the opening, substantially as described.

9.. In an autographic register, the combina tion of a pair of fecd-rollcrs for drawing the paper strip forward across the writing-tablet, anoperating-lianlllc for turning said roll ers, two horizontal fixed cross-pieces beneath the feed-mllors, one above the other and i'orini ng a rectangular open in; between them, in l'ront of which opening the paper recordrollers, one above the other and piece at the upper side of the opening, sub

stantially as described.

10. In an autographic register-,the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for drawing the paper strips forward across the writing-tablet, an operating-handle for turningsaid roll: ers, two horizontal'fixed cross-pieces beneath the feed rollers, one above the other and forniinga rectangular opening between them, in front of which opening the paper recordstrip hangs as itis advanced by the feed-rollers, a yielding platen or support behind said opening, a pressure plate or arm actuated by the operatinghandle for pressing the depending folds of the paper strip through said opening, aiid against the yielding platen, and a transverse rod suitably supported and actuated and operating to tuck the upper fold of the strip ip between the yielding platen and the cross-piece at the upper side of the opening, substantially as described.

11. In an autographic register-,the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for drawing the paper strips forward across the writing-tablet, an operating-handle for turning said rollers, two horizontal fixed cross-pieces beneath the feed-rollers, one aboi e the other and forming a rectangular opening between them, in front of which opening the paper record-strip hangs as it is advanced by the feed-rollers, the swinging pressure-plate K carried by the side arms J, means intermediate said pressure-platean'd the operating-handle for causing the latter to swing the plate rearward through the opening above referred to, the spring K for resetting the plate, the transverse rod (igcarried by the bell-crank arms R pivoted upon the side arms J, and the abutments U cooperating with the upper arms of the bell-cranks to swing the rod Q upward behind the upper cross-piece at the end of the rearward movement of the pressure-plate K and arms J, substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. In an autographic register, the combination of the feed-rollers J K for drawing the paper strips forward over the writing-tablet, the shaft 0 upon which the roller J is loosely mounted, the operating-handle P fast upon said shaft, a connection between said shaft and .the roller J for causing the shaft to carry the roller with it in a forward direction, but not in a backward one, the fixed'cross piece or plate 11 beneath the roller J and'the fixed cross piece or rod I below the plate H, with the open space between them, the vertical plate E suitably supported behind this open space and the springs pressing it forward, the swinging pressure-plate K carried by the side arms J, the spring K for yieldingly holding said plate in normal posit-ion, the levers L L connected at their lower ends with the side arms J by the slotted links N, and the arms S and S fast upon the shaft 0 at the opposite ends of the roller J and cooperating with the upper ends of the levers L, in the manner and for the purpose described.

13. In an an tographic register,the combination of the fixed cross-pieces H I having the open space between them, the yielding plate E behind said open space, the swingingarms J carrying the pressure-plate K adapted to pass through said opening, the spring K for holding the plate K and arms J in normal to cause said plate K to pass through the opening between the cross-pieces H and I", the bell-cranks R pivoted to the side arms J, the rodQ carried by the lower arms of the bell-cranks, the spring or springs S for bolding the bell-cranks and arm Q in normal position relatively to the arms J, and the fixed plates or abntments U cooperating with the upper armsof the bell-cranks to throw their lower arms upward at the opposite ends of the cross-piece .H and carry the rod Q upward behind said cross-piece, substantially as and for the purpose described.

1.4. In. the folding mechanism of an autographic register, the combination of the fixed cross-pieces H and I, and the reciprocating pressure-plate K adapted to pass through the opening between said cross-pieces and provided with the flange K cooperating with the lower cross-piece in the manner and for the purpose described.

15. In the folding mechanism of an autographio register, the combination of the fixed cross-pieces H and I, the reciprocating pressure-plate K adapted to pass through the opening between said cross-pieces, and the block J? arranged in front of the lower croisspie'ce and cooperating with the lower edge of the plate K in themanner and for the purpose deseribed. g

16. In the folding mechanism of an autographic register, the combination of the fixed cross-pieces H and I, the reciprocating pressure-plate K adapted to pass through the opening between said cross-pieces and provided'with the flange K coiiperating with the lower cross-piece, and the block P arranged edge and adapted to pass through the opening between said cross-pieces, and the block P arranged in front of the lower cross-piece and having its upper face curved in the arev of a circle conforming to that described by the lower end of the swinging plate K, and

position, means for swinging them rearward cooperating with the latter and its flange K W cooperating with the plate U and carrying IO in the manner and for the purpose-described. the pawl R cooperating with a notch or pro 18. In an autographie registen th'e combinajection on the roller J, as and for the purpose tion of the feed-rollersJ K, the shaft 0 upon described.

' 5 which the roller J is mounted; a handle for turning said shaft forward and backward, the LEO EHRLICH' plate U loosely hung upon the shaft 0 and WVitn'esses: f cooperating with the'fixed stop V, and the arm W. PALMER OLARKsoN,

8 fast upon the shaft 0 and having the stud ALLEN C. ORRIOK. 

